I will join the TRANSLATION SLAM of PEN AMERICA WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL in New York, which will be held in May!
A literary festival that raises the streets of New York!
I'm just happy to write this blog and I'm going to scream out ...
I wanted to see Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and I joined FESTIVAL several years ago as a audience.
I was very excited to see her live for the first time.
It is truly a dream that I can join the festival as a guest this time.
May 9th, 19:00. The place is NUYORICAN POETS CAFE,It is a wonderful cafe with a glorious history.

https://worldvoices.pen.org/session/translation-slam/

Of course, I will join various events as a audience.
Please call me if you find me.

Tokyo gradually warms up, and the cherry blossoms called Kawazu cherry blossoms are blooming in the neighborhood of the house.
When I saw the cherry blossoms, I came to think "I will absolutely burn with my eyes." I do not shoot with smartphones, I am just watching.Even though I did not think about cherry blossoms when I was young.
The following are the books that I read from the end of the year to recently.

THE LAST GIRL Nadia Murad
How to be both Ali Smith
Open City tegu Cole
The Soul of an Octopus Sy Montgomery
Kings and Circuses Honobu Yonezawa
Date Cleansing Asako Yuzuki
Wanna go to the park,on Tuesday? Took Shibasaki
The oni over there Areno Inoue

I hope that a light year will come to everyone in difficult situation.
I read, watch, listen, and write a lot this year.
Especially listen to the voice to the world.